Tie holder



April 12 1927. 1,624,737

v- 1 J. JENSEN TIE HOLDER 'Filed Sept. 23, 1926 A zjwuento a PatentedApr. 12, 1927.

UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE.

JOHN JENSEN, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.

TIE HOLDER.

Application filed September 23, 1926. Serial No. 137,298

will facilitate application and proper adj ustment of the tie and which,if so desired,

may be so constructed as to give the tie held,

thereby the appearance of having been tied in the usual manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may be readily and cheaply constructed and which isreadily applied to and removed from the tie.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure l is a frontelevation showinga tie holder constructed in acordance with my inventionapplied to a tie;

Figure 2 isa section on the line 22 of Figure 1; a

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the holder removed;

Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof;

Figure 6 is a front elevation of the holder showing a covering appliedthereto of the same material as employed in the construction of the tie.

Referring now more particularly to th drawing, the numeral 10 generallydes1gnates a tapered tube substantially oval in cross section. Withinthis tube a partition 11 is disposed which, at the larger end of thetube, extends across the tube at substantially the center thereof and inthe same general direction as the minor axis of the tube. At its lowerend, this partitionextends transversely of the tube upon the major axisthereof, so that the partition thus provides two openings through'thetube which parallel one another and the major axis of the tube at thelower end of the tube and which parallel one another and the minor axisof the tube at the upper end thereof. The partition is preferablyslightlyoffset with respect to the major minor axes of the tube, so thatone of the openings is larger than the other, the larger opening beingarranged at what is to be the front face of the tube.

In the use of the device, the smaller end of the tie is introduced'tothe larger opening 12 at the lower end of the tube, drawn through theupper end ofthe tube, then returned and introduced to the upper end ofthe smaller opening 13 and pulled through the lower end thereof. Theloopthus provided at the upper end of the tube is enlarged until it is of asize permitting it to be passed over the head of the wearer and the tieplaced 7 in position in the collar. After the tie is properly placed,the tube is slid up until it occupies its proper position with relationto thecollar.

Where the holder is to be sold as an ac cessory to the tie, it ispreferably provided with a covering 14 of the same material as isemployed in the construction of the tie. Where it is to be sold as aseparate article of jewelry, the outer face of the tube may 7 besuitably ornamented, as indicated at 15.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is obviously capable of acertain range of change and modification without mate'- rially departingfrom the spirit of the in-y tube and extending longitudinally thereofto'divide the tube into two openings for the reception of the ends of thetie, saidpartition at the upper end thereof extending transversely ofthe tube upon the minor. axis thereof and at its lower'end extendingtransversely of the tube upon the major axis thereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afi'ix my signature.

JOHN JENSEN.

